Once upon a time, there was a Senator from New York. This Senator was appointed by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller to succeed Robert F. Kennedy after he was killed.
This Senator voted against funding for the Vietnam War, and he championed clemency for draft resisters. He supported environmentalism, and believed in social justice and in helping the poor. And since he'd been a conservative member of the House, his 180-degree turn to liberalism inspired Spiro Agnew to call him "the Christine Jorgensen of the Senate."
This Senator's name? Charles Goodell.
Incredibly, Charles Goodell was a Republican. And he was the father of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
And you know what else? If he'd still been in the Senate, Charles Goodell would have voted for the Violence Against Women Act 20 years ago today. Just saying. We cats PURR.
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